25 YEARS AGO

Dominion, Volume 32, Issue 150, 21 March 1939, Page 8

25 YEARS AGO

Child. Slaves In England r’rom “The Dominion,” March 24-, 1914. Social workers have discovered babies of three and four years of age linking “hooks and eyes” in factories in Birmingham ; children of five are making matchboxes, paper bags, and artificial flowers in London. Child employment is rampant in the lace-making works in Nottingham. Among the poverty-stricken families children commence work at six years of age.

At the instance of von Sanders, Enver Bey has ordered the May manoeuvres of the Turkish Army to be held near the Russian frontier. The troops will comprise 150,000 infantry, 20,000 cavalry, and 500 guns.

Possibly many people iu New Zealand are unaware of the existence of an extremely live section of our defence scheme ■ —the New Zealand Railway Corps. This corps, some 2000 strong, is instructed in defence work peculiar to its ordinary occupation. For instance, members are instructed in regard to tjie defence of station buildings, the entraining and detraining of troops, general infantry work, and military engineering. The object is to enable each detachment to defend its own station, and ensure the efficient working of the railways in time of war, thus assisting the mobilization of troops and the transport of material.